elt globe.
HUNTINGDON, PA.
Wednesday morning, Mara. 2, 1864.
W. Lewis, Editor and Proprietor.
- . Flag Forever.
"I krill,. of iloinoele in which a leyal`citi
ien may; so well deittonstrate his devotion to
his country as by. sustaining the Flag the
Constitution and the Union, under all circum
stances,. and 171iDER EVERY. ADIIIIMSTRATION .
RECIARRLY.BB PARTY POLITI,C.9,.AGAINST ALL
.BASAILANTS ) .AT BOBEAND ABROAD."
A. DouoLes. .
'"se - volutions hever go Backward."
• 'The Cincinnati Daily Times. quotes
'this maxim, and then adds that other
Sublime deelifation, "India the Gods
would de.stroy; they first make mad." In
connection with - the great rebellion,
thiSMadnessof- people who desire to
do wrong, is peculiarlz api)licable. It
was sheer - madness 'that drove the
,
slaVehbldereof the South to rebellion,
"witliont anY .just 'cause, and the de
'kin-et:fan of slay ery is' nnw beyond all
*limner of doubt. - The haughty : . And
insolent assurance which characterized
all the rebel 'leaders said ..and did•in
•the beginning of tho war, the contempt, .
rthtiyereryWhere took occasion to show
`for- - thcipower Of the Government, - and
'the people of the North, •their
:Unicrupilens-distonesty and audacity
appropriating thO
of the GOveinment in the South
'alrinfirlc the madness which then
+filed the hoiir at `the South. Every
lbing Was carried witha high hand.
Boteriiesi moderation, which;
with determination and firmness of
purpose, are always necessary to carry
thrpith - a - great revolution, were whol
ly unknown in their . counsels. We all
`reMeMber ilOw the intelligence that
1 3 resident Lincoln had issued a procla
mation for seventy five thousand Men
Wits, received in tho rebel 'congress,
`then in session at -Montgomery, Alti.
that'merriment it occasioned the
Members of thidgrave and august bo
dy; aid what coarse jests it was made
the subject• of. How. different, were
the•feelings of the loyal people of the
North, with the prospect'ofithe; com
try.belsg plunged in :a civil war. Every
-16yiti heart was - *eply impressed with
a sense of the awfulness and magni
ludo of the crisis. • Nearly three years
;Of war have elapSed 'and the confident
.vatibinations' indulged in by the Sou-
there-leaders of the, speedy triumph
of their cause have not, and are not
likely now to bo verified; The so
eidled.confederacy has been bisected
-1)y the . valor of our troops, its armies
-ere-nowledged in by loyal troops in
lees ihari 'one-third of the territory •Te
tiefleacleri3 set elaim to, and the final
.collapse of rebellion is undeniably
-tear at hand._ The • heart of every
repiced now at the certainty
ithaethe Old_ flag will 'soon wave over
every...twit of rebelterritory, while the
rebel leaders must now feel ill at ease,
as evez7, --- day - now brings - nearer_the
grsisp of the avenging 'hand of justice.
"Revolutions - never go backward."
.-Revolations. ahvays produce great
thanges, and:these changes are always
'favorable to • huManity and liberal i
deas. - isle:great civil warhas occurred
(Tor _centuries; that has not resulted in
ASenefitting humanity, by correcting
.;old ibuies of society, or, at least, miti
,
,gating the evils of it : How little do
t wo find in the newspapers_ published
-three Or.four. years-ago which accords
•
'istitlitheideas prevailing . now respect
,l4.lBla4ory. "Even what were called
jeurnals then. ere filled
with protestations_that„there was no
' , design on the liart,of the people of the
to interfere with slavery in the.
c Sotith - --that the :Government had no
opower to interfere with it, &e. •These
cjotcrtials . representod d- the most advanc
• e anti:slavery sentiment in the North
:lit:that time, if we except the handfUll
al:Garripbniau Abolitionists in New
HOw- - far ;behind the spirit
i:tof the'times are such sentiments at this
tune? The
_great ,civil war in this
4enntry, Which 'is now tast comingto
. ait end s _ yill.ncit prove an exception
to • the rule that revolutions 'always
.result faVorably, to huinanitY. .The
Stii:Veholcleis rebelled in order to es
iti§lish:ngerariunent- with slavery as
its "cornerstone, ls ,:ilialthey might for
ever•perpetnate their' peculiar,
twat which they Telt,..; : was repugnant
t 6 the-spirit of the their re
, 13911;ott, will CerteialY 'Oct with . the de.
'Aitritetion of slaveryand in kly - ing free
` dtsin tci Our benamen.
.r •
The 114 noval of °alit. J. D.-0d12114)811.
hp 4 been invistionting tike can,
shalt' hno,l3ml9thing . to Any upon
~the4i4ibjed:nl43 ,
- 7-1 4 •
4pado'
s&t: of
govorrmysa Rua •to
'oeoutrY-!ttTA•qdii;igiritc.!:.llarris
buri for ' •
TUE enrolmeut bill, we published
last week-has been lipproved by the
,President and ii3-now selaw;" -
Let us not Quarrel.
When the sons of Jacob wore about
to return from Egypt to Canaan with
food for • their families, the last thing
Joseph said to them .Was, icSee that ye
fall not out by the way." It would be
superfluous_ to .. say that the advice was
a good one. Every. one's instincts
would , tell him that . it was. It was
good for Jacob's son who were abdut
ta.start on - a- journertogothor, orith it
is still good for 'any-. and all persons
who are, or are about , to be, associated
together for any purpose whatever.—
I AlL:Such persohs ought to keep ever
before them-the injunction, "See :that
yoa,'fall not outby the Way," atid . the
more ought they to do so, the more
importint the purpose is to which their
joint 'energies are td be applied.
We are now in the midst of a way I
which is more gigantic..and terrible
than any other_ that the world has ev
er keen. Already it has cost us hund
reds of thousands' of lives and thous
ands of millions of dollars. It is a
death struggle between frecdoin and
slavery, liberty and bondage—a strug
gle which can, know no truce, no peace
—but in which one of the combatants
must perish while the other triumphs.
It is a mistake to say that one of the
parties 'to thO. war is entirely in the
North and the other altogether in. the
South. It is not so. The spiritMf li
berty is not found exclusively in the
North, it imbues many a heart in the
South, the spirit of slavery is not con
fined entirely to the South, it• rankles
in many a bosom in the North. The
party of freedom, of . civilization, of
progress is the strong ono in the North
but the party of slavery, of barbarism
is not extinct there, it is only cowed
into silence; it is only biding its time,
only : waiting for an opportunity to lift
its head and join its fellow in the South
• .
in a crusade against liberty, against
justice and everything else that holds
out'a - ray of hope to the down-trodden
Masses, 'either in the, new World, or the
old. . •
-STEPHEN .
We are just about to enter upon the
Spring campaign. That it will be the
most important one of the war, is cer
tain; that it will be the bloodiest there.
can be little doubt. How many of our
pilling men it is to lay in bloody graves
none can tell. One cannot but trem
ble at the very thought of it. ii . Buti
important as must be the campaign
that we are about to enter upon in the
field:of war, we aro' about to enter Up
on another in the field of politics, that
will be still more important. In the
latter no less than in the former, we
will have to fight the enemies of the
Union, and in the latter they will be
far the most dangerous, because there
they will be at liberty to practice all
their villanies with impunity. What
will it avail us to defeat the Southern
traitors in 'the field of battle, if we lot
their brethren in the North defeat us
at the ballot box. With a Copperhead
Administration in Washington, Lee
will never need to fight his way into
that city. He may enter it with fly
ing colors, to embrace his reptile breth
ren and rejoice with them over the
downfall of liberty and its supporters.
In the' field of war we have a large
number of brave, skillful, devoted lea
ders, all acting together, with one
heart,'for the overthrow of the rebels
Is the same the case in the field of po
lities ? Are our party political leaders
all acting together, with one, heart,'
for the overthroW of, the Copperheads,
in the coming Presidential election
Who will, who Can, say that they are ?
Is not the contrary the fact ? Have
thoy not permitted their selfishness to
rise above their patriotism, and to
smother it ? .Have they not set their
own individual interest before the pub
lie weal 7 Can any one, with his eyes
open to the manoeuvring that is going
On in .Republican high places, consci
entiously say no to these questions 7—
Do not these things threaten to split
our party into fragments 7 Did ever
•
any cempany of men need more some
friendly Joseph to warn them not to
fall out by, the'way; then we Republi
cans do at the present time 7 Why
should itbe so with us ? What can
, ,
we gain by it? If we suffer ourselves
to be diVided nothing but' defeat can
await us. This must be apparent oven
to thin most perblind• of party hacks.
If it was'now, as'at most elections it
is, merely h question whether those in
office shall remain in or others take
their place, our success at the coming
election world be of but little liniment.
But that it is not the issue involVed in
this election. The issue now is wis
ther our gOvernment is to rosthereaf
ter on slavery or freedom, liberty or
bondage, as its foundation. The sou
thern rebels .boast that- under their
cohstittition slavery is the corner-stone
•oftheir•goVernment, and while no nor
thern 'copperhead has a word to say
against a government so. constituted,
'many Of them openly approve of it.—
The slaveholders will be content with
no other government; the copperheads
stand preparedqo give them all they
ask.irctilis respect. That which is to
bO - decided by the coming election,
't,lla, a whether this great, war is to
-snit in the establishment of 'human
.ort3r nrini . man bondage;' freedom for
the. workingman or slavery. Can it
be posaible leaderS are going
to prove:theinielves base 'enough to
jeophi:tlize our SUCCOSS in such an issue
by — apetty Scrambling hniong them
settles for °Wide 7 if -they ard;"they
will deserve in this world, the bitterest
curses of all coming generations,' and
in the next, the lowest, and blackest,
and darkest cavern in the bottomless
pit.
We would be glad to hope better,
things of our party leaders; and yd . , -
in view of what we know to be trans
piring around us, can we do so ? In
1856 and 1860 the action of the .vari
ous aspirants in 'our party for the
Presidency was characterized by o
penness, directness, fairness. Princi
ples not Men,Was - net only the sotto
of our party, but the great rule of ac
tion - among all its members. How
can we render most secure the suc
cess of our principles, not which - of us
‘Sliall - get' . 6lßca,.Was the question' with
us all, from the highest to the .lowest.
Wpasked no other question, we knew
no othee motive. Is the success of our
principles les6 important now than it
not
infinitely
then ? On the contrary - , is it not
infinitely mere impOrtant now 'than
then ? Then a failure to succeed could
not be . fatal to - our principles, as was
proved by the result in 1856; now it
would be fatal.to them.. The present
condition of the country- is. such as to
put this beyond a - doubt. 'nen . Why
put their success in jeopardy by squab
blesamong ourselves for office ? Al
ea ray Crimination and recrimination
have been resorted to by the parti
sans of two high functionaries of the
Government. Whether those two
funetionaries them Selves partake of
the feelings that seem to animate their
respective friends, we know not, and
We do not care to know. But we do
know that all bickering, all crimina
tion among different aspirants and
their respective supporters in our par
ty are wrong, and deserve severe rep
robation; and we know that the only
way to avoid bickering and crimina
tion is for every one to act openly,
fairly and : honorably. We do not ob
ject to different members of our party
aspiring to the Presidency; we rather
commend it. We - do not object to the
friends of the different•aspirarits back
ing them with earnestness and energy
but we do - object to them in doing so
giving just cause of offenceto ono au-
Other. And above all we object to
them falling out by the way, so as to
split the 'party, bring out more than
one candidate, and thereby secure the
triumph of the Copperheads.— Pitts
ihurg Corantercicil.
.lINION NATIONAL CONVENTION
WASIIINoTON ; D. C., Feb. 22
The National Union Committee met
at the'residence of Hon. Edward D.
Morgan at noon to-day, and was cal
led to order bylhat gentleman as its
chairman.
The Hon. Edward M'Pherson, of
Pennsylvania, was elected Secretary
of the committee in place of Hon. G.
G. Fogg, of New Hampshire, who is
absent from the country.
Upon consultation, a call was unan
imously adopted for . a national con
vention in the following terms:
"The undersigned ; who, by original
appointment or subsequent designa
tion to fill vacancies, constitute the
executive committee created by the
National Convention held at Chicago
on the 16th day of May, 1860, do here
by call upon all qualified vote , 's, who
.desire the unconditional maintenance
of the Union, the Supremacy of the
Constitution, and the complete sup
pression of the rebellion, with the
cause thereof, by vigorous war and all
apt and efficient means, to send dole
gates.to a Convention, assemble at
Baltimore on Tuesday, the 7th . day of
June; 1864, at 12 o'clock noon, for the
purpose of presenting candidates for
the offices of President and Vico Pres
ident of the United States. Each State
having a representation •in Congress
will be entitled to as many delegates
as shall bo equal to twice the number
of electors to which such State is enti
tled in the Electoral College df the
United States. . •
A resolution was also adopted, invi
ting the territories and the District of
Cblumbia to Send delegates, subject to
the determination by the Convention
of their right to vote.
The Committee agreed to meet a
gain at the call of the chairman. The
members present were as follows
Edward D. Morgan, N.- Y. chairman.
Chas: J. Gilman, Maine.
Lawrence Brainerd, Vormont.
JOIM B. Goodrich, Massachusetts
Thos. G. Turner, Rhode Island.
Gideon Welles, Conneetieut
Denning Ducr, New Jersey.
Ed. McPherson, Pennsylvania.
Nathaniel B. Smithors, Delaware
James F. Wagner, Maryland
Thos. Spcioner, Ohio.
Henry S. Lane, Indiana.
Ebenezer Reek, Illinois.
H. M. Rosie lowa.
W.S. - , Washburn, Minnesota
Cornelius Cole, California.
0. H. Irish, Nebraska.
.Toseph Gerhardt, Dis. of Columbia.
The committee was entirely har
monious in their proceedings, and ad
journed, in the best possible spirits.
"PRESERVE THE TORY PAPERS."-A
paragraph' under this head - has been
extensively circulated. Calls Upon
everyone 'to label and hiy . by, for af
ter reference, copies of .the papers in
the Free States which have boon. most
notorious in helping the rebellion . by
'obstructing and denouncing and belie
ing the Government. To this has been
added another. hint :—Writc down in
black and white what the Copperhead
speakers have said; so that they cannot
deny i,t,,,,,.„Ually,pf . 'them_will hereafter
claim to have been friends of th6:-Gov.
ernment" and of-the War in this 'crisis.
Justjot ciovn, while fresh in memory,
the very, wo - 49 . the'Y used and keep_the
paper .among-your choice documents.
The Indiana State Vnion Con
venticM;lias introduc©d 1;or delegates
to the Zqiition'al 2 Coniention, to cast
their vol.es for Abraham Lincoln.
, Geo. W. Coffey, Esq., died`:in
Philadelphia on Saturday, the' 27th,
- -
February.
AR FOR TE UNION
Great X evil from Sherman's .Ex.pedi
tion.—The Boldest Movement of the
7864.—The Viehmond:"lttaiiiiner Of
the 20th has the following
: .• •
An official dispatCh to the War Do.
partment of,the_lBth_inat.,.. announces
General - Sherman's arrival` at Quit:
man,'On'tho :Oki& and- Mobile Rail
road, without opposition, but
not bo.allowod.to take llobito w4hout
a desperate, battle, •
'The enemy's adVance was, withent,
eomparlson, the boldeSt movement of
the war. Sherman'has from '25,000 to
30,000 men.- They tear up the Bridg
es and Railroads in their roar. He
meditates no. step backward.
,Mon4E, Feb. 19.---Farragut has not
rereived his attack on, Grant's' Pass.
H is - fleet' lies in the. Sound, the *Oath•
er being too bad for action: ' -
No landing is reported yet. , in the
direction of Pascagoula.,
The Richmond Exo*fizer of the_7th,
ptiblisheS the follo*ing
Monfr,E, Feb. 15.—Meridian was' e
vacuated yesterday.' The Government
property was saved.
Capt. Adair, of Forrest's Staff, has
arrived. Forrest was at Oxford on
the 9th. - HO was confronting a col
umn of infantry 6,000 -Strong, from
Memphis via Hernando; and twelve
regiments of cavalry via Collersville.
Sherman's forces, 35,000 strong, and
marching in close order, with. Lee's
cavalry harrassing their flanks, . and
picking. up stragglers:
PAscAeoimA, Feb. 15.,--The ene
my's fleet, including the flag ship,
have gone eastward,, through the
Sound, in the direction of Grant's Pass
Four more gunboats have just appear
ed' steering the same course. .
MOBILE; Fob. 16.—Gov. Watts this
morning. issued a proclamation to the
citizens of Mobile, that the city is a
botit to be attacked, and exhorting
non-combatants 'to leave..
NEW YOEK, Feb. 26. The steamer
Evening Star has arrived, with Now
Orleans advices of, the 20th, via Ha . -
iqina on the 22d.
Two Union soldiere, named- Wells,
of the Ninth Illinois Cavalry, and Fer
guson of the Sixth Illinois Cavalry,
and who_were captured on the 6th ,of
December at Moscow, Tenn., had
.ar
rived at Now Orleans. They escaped
from Prison at Cahawba, Ala., and
walked through the country at night,
being without food for six days.
On reaching East Escambia Bay,
Florida, they wore taken on 'board a
schooner bound to Pensacola. and
thence were sent to New Orleans.
They report the woods full of refugees
from the conscript officers, and patrols
with bloodhounds were on all the prin
cipal, roads. The Rebel papers report
Gen. Sherman's march through Missis
sippi a triumphant affair, the Rebels
being badly whilified. Wherever they
attempted a stand, No returns of los
ses'on either side are mado,, except
that A.dair'S Rebel Cavalry lost two
hundred at Jackson. • •
Tw.o•thoasand loyal citizens - had
written-.to General Banks, asking him
to speak in public on politics. Ne de
clined on the ground_ that he did not
wish'te be seen to throw military - , au
thority, into the political- balance.
There is no'news Otimportance from
Texas.
GENERAL GILLPiIORE'S ARMY
Disastrous Union Repulse=-•Our Troops
Driven to
ThOusand Killed, Wounded and,lifis-
New York, Feb. % 27.—_Letters,frem
Hilton Head state that the steamer
Cosmopolitan had arrived there With
"Wounded troops on board from Tack
sonvillo, Florida ; and bringing the re
port that the Union troops which ad
vanced toward Lake . city had been re
pulsed and driven on 'Jacksonville.—
Three hundred wounded men were on
board. - It is reported that we lost in
all one thousand in killed, wounded
and missing. The enemy outnumber
ed General i3yrn.our's troops heavily.
Other reports say that the Rebels were
16,000 strong, commanded by General
Hardee: '
Reinforcements are on• the way to
Florida. •.
. The following intelligence was recd.
; at Port Royal, S. C., from the blocka
ding, fleet o ff ~Charleston,. announcing
the loss of the sloop of war Housatonic
Captain Pickering, on Thursday, 13th
inst., at nine o'clock, P. AL
. The circumstances are said to bo as
follows: Thp watch on deck perceiving
something floating with the current,
which to him at first resembled a por
poise, reported the same to the officer
of the deck, whereupOn Captain Pick.
oring was notified, and. ho being sus
picious of the object, imin6diately gave
orders to sliplhe cable and get under
way, which order' was put into execu
tion; but all to no purpose, for the re
bel propelled torpedo Davis (the New
Ironsides' old friend) struck her on the
starboard quarter, and in a short space
of time she sunk off Beach Inlet.
Two officers and three men were
lost. The remainder of the officers
and crew were saved by clinging to
the rigging until rescued by the boats
of the fleet.
GENERAL THOMAS' ARMY,
A Reconnoissance to Dalton—Troops
Back .at Tunnel Hill—Longstreet en
Route for Atlanta.
Cincinnati, Fob. 27.—The Gazette's
Tunnel73ill, despatch of the 26th, says:
On Thursday, night, our troops fell
back to Tunhel .11ily, which place is' to
be held. The - reconnoissance was 'en
tirely, successful, and devolopeci the
fact that: the_ enemy was. iii.force at
Dalton. Cleburne's
. division, which
was. sent to ; reinforge General Polk,
Was recalled, and got baCk hi time to
participate in the fight. This was ono
important result: accomplished. < Our
entire loss was 300, but the Rebels suf.
fered
: more severely.
Tho'COMirercial's Huntsville (Ala.)
diSpatch says that 'reliable information
shows that Jiongstrdet is•fitllin,g back
.to Atlanta. .Part of his' force reached
there op the 25th. A large yortion of
his.forces are NyithOut shoes, and many
nearly naked."
Expedition to within Five Miles of Sa
vannah:—Capture of Twenty Rebels.
Od . Sunday last 21st Il l ebruary,
•smalhforce of. troops,. under command
of Colonel Howell,, left Hilton Head
lyausportf3,and proceeded up the Sa
vannaliriver,'to Williams' Island. Ar
riving at that place about dark, a corn- .
pany of men, under Captain Greenleaf
- of the sth New Hampshire, landed in
Small boats and made a reconnoissance,
in the course of which they met a small
body:of.the onemy r and.-a7smart mus
ketry firing ensued.
We had four moo of the' 85th Penn
sylvania volunteers - wounded. The
enemy's loss greatly outnumbered our
own." , On llonday morning Col. How
.ell.withdrew..his force, arriving at
ton Head on lllonday night, 22d inst.,
bringing with him twenty of the_ cap
tured on the The reconnois
sance was highly successful; and re
flected much honor : upon those - who
participated in it. , _ .
THE WAR IN VIRGINIA.
The Rebel Army in Virginia Numbers
only 25,000—Discontent Among the
Soldiers— They Refuse to take their
Pay—lnteresting Details of Facts.
Washington, Feb: 25.--Dne of Gen.
Lee's orderlies, private Taylor, of .the
Fourth Virginia cavalry, came into
our lines yesterday, and, arrived here
to-day. Ho has been in the rebel ar
my about fifteen months, -and the last
thrbo months has . been on duty at
General Leo's headquarters as orderly
to. General Leo, whose winter quarters
aro upon the road froth Orange Court
Hthise to Terdiersville, about 2 miles
from the foriner place.
General Lee lives in a tent without
any floor in it, having refused to have
one put in as others were having done.
He keeps very much to himself, never
drinks or swears, and is very popular
with the army ; who have implicit con
fidence itt the old man. •
General J. B. Stuart has head.
quarters aboet two miles from General
Lee's headquarters and on , the road
to Robinson river. • IDS' camp is on
the side; Of the nioutitain in the woods.
His force is reduced by casualties, de
sertion, by loss of horses, and by going
home to recruit, until they have hard
ly enough men to do camp duty with.
Job Stuart is very giiy, drinks bad
whikeyiand gives a great many par
ties`, at which he entertains a groat
many friends from the army and froth.
the surrounding country.
Mr. Taylor is a young man and has
relatives in Ohio. His chances for
knoWing the strength and condition of
the rebel army were good, and his sto
ry is credited at the War Department
and ho has been given transportation
to Cincinnati. He says there are not
now left in the vicinity of Orange C H
in Lee,s entire command, over twenty
five thousand mon, if there are that
many;
that the last '.month Lee has
giVen furloughs liberally to all Who
would re-enlist, to go home to recruit;
that from fifteen to thirty days are
given them. ' - -
General Lee tells his officers that the
Yankees will be filling up their armies
in March; and, ho must be ready for
them. He sayS ho will have sixty
thousand men by that time, and' can
hold double that _number in check.—
When we made our last movement
across the Rapidan, while Butler threa
tened Richmond, they were apprised
of our movement when it commenced
by citizens coming in, and when our
troops crossed the - river and..suyprised
their pickets, General ..Lee_was engag
ed iq sending , men • to Richmond .by
rail ? and told General Ewell that this
move on his front was only a feint'
. They have but two corps . now ;un
der Generals A.• P. Hill and:Ewell.—
The latter is full, but the former has
been depleted to aid Longstreet, whcise
whole corps is still absent. Their hor
ses have suffered severely -from the
.want of forage, many thousands hav
ing died, and 'hundreds of men are
without - shoes - and clothing to keep
them warm. Over two hundred men
-have-been'shot during the winter for
desertion. , • • .
They were captured trying to get
over to our lines, and at home, net,be
ing willing to return to the' army. 'He
says two things, ffenorally of some lib
count, have ceased' to hav' any value
in the
-rebel army; they are paper mo
noy and life. Private soldiers have
long since ceased to use monnY to buy
anYthing. Sutlers are no moro;and
anything wanted is either Obtained as
a gift or stolen, generally thelatter.
Many refused to take their pay when
offered to them, alleging that it is
worthleSs, it taking nearly three Mos.
pay to buy 'one:dollar in gold. 'The
soldiers'- familied all over the •South
have long been: objects of charity, and
been forced to beg or. steal to keep life
in their wastedframes, and this is ten
ding, More than anything else, to de
moralize ' their *army, and may retard
the return of those home on furlough.
A Serious Affair between Soldiers and
Copperhead Partisans.
CINCINNAtI, Feb. 24.—The unfortu•
nate collision between members of the
17th
• Obio Regiment and citizens of
Lancaster, Ohio, proves to have been
a serious . affair. The circumstances
are'brietly these: The Soldiers - were
assembling in Lancaster, preparatory
to leaving for Camp Dennison. The
conversation turned on the. war, dur
ing which the loyalty and .disloyalty
of certain citizens were pretty freely
ventilated.
An old man, named Zeo; the keeper
of a saloon, seated himself
,at a win
dow, where he could hear the conver
sation, having previously armed
hiui
self with a revolVer. About - 10 o'clock
in the evening a soldier,' by the name
of Little, turned to Zoo's son,, and re
marked, "George, I understand you
half° become a . Copperhead." .The
young Man resented this,' - anil, -turn
ing . sharply. upon Little, the latter
thrust. him aside with his fist, . where
,Upon Zoedrow his4;evolver and,,,almt
Little through the,baTart. The sol
diers' immediately - 'Collected 'aroun'd
their fallen'coinrade, when old Zee a
gain fired his' revolver into the crowd,
the shot taking effect in tho hip - of a
young. man named Michael, who died
on Sunday afternoon.
The murderer and -his Son escaped.
The' soldierS" were much ekasperated
at the murder of their - •comrade, and
threatened to. burn._ the. town.. :Col.
Durbin .Ward, their commanding. offi
cer,..otl3o6partifillY, gisal,) . lW.by his
ai'th reslfedlillemonehis in
furiated men and pleaded with. ands
commanded them to desist from their
purpose. Ito succeeded partially in
his effortii, but the soldiers demolished
the saloou-and'seattered in search of
,old,Zee.and his son, scouring the town
and VieinitY.
1601ittivo o'clobk, On" Sunday mor
ning; they. found young:Zee lurking
an the nutiikirts:Of the town, and bro't
himinto Market house Square, where
they assaulted and beat him almost to
a jelly. Colonel Ward again rushed
into the efeWol'and resened 4..Zet`from
.the Soldiers,' and had him talremtoethe
bowie of a surge - on, and stood guard
- over him while his wounds were being
dressed.
In a speech to the soldiers, Colodel
'Ward told-them thatte was - informed
that persons of Boone county ; -an en
tirely Copperhead district; had armed .
themselves*, .and were ' coming into
Lancaster. ' whereupori tho soldiers
rushed to the armory - fOr guns;, - took
possession of the court house, and bar
ricaded it, but nothing came of the'ru
mor.
The Prisoners.—The Great Escapade
from the Libby.
[Frolll46 Fob. 12.]
'The escape Of the Yarikee . officers
from the Libby continued to be the.li
veliest topic of yesterday, and conjec
tures were rife as to the !Twang of the
escape other than those described in
the published accounts. The senti
nels, as usual,_were enriched. with lau
rels that their native Modesty r ie noth
ing else, would cause them to decline.
After all, however, this grand delivery
does not exceed in glory or secrecy
the escape of John Morgan from --the
Ohio Penitentiary, and yet neither the
connivance nor carelessness df senti
nels or - others have received any cred
it from Morgan or his historians, Yan
kee or Southern. It is most probable
in fact, that this distinguiehed Gener
al is, more than.anybody else, vesper
sible for the success with which
Streight and his chuins made theirex
it from the Libby. . Tho .experic7nee
and example of the one was an admi
rable lesson for the other.
It appears that the tut - Niel under 20th
street was dug entirely . With an old
hinge, and the loosened earth—a brit
tle, marly sand—removed with an old
sugar scoop stolen from the hospital
quarters. As the tunnel protsressed,
the miner took with him, besides his
tools, an old fashioned knaisack, : made
upon a wooden franae,A6 which a cord
was attached. When he filled this
with earth, it was drawn out by an
accomplice who remained in the cel
lar, the contents deposited safely out
of the way; and it was then shoved
back to the digger with a pole.
The basement itself,: in which this
work was carried on; was kept cen7
stantly locked; never used, and the
windows being tightly'nailed, it was
as dark as pitch. The principal in
the tunnelling operation was Captain
Johnson, of the 6th Kentucky
Cavalry, who is among the 'escaped.
His accomplices were different, as oc
casion or private arrangement deman
ded.
„On several occasions it had, boon ob
served that this Johnson
. Was absent .
from roll call, and now and then two
or three others, a"circumstance not
very gratifying -to the. clerk having
the roll to call, who, of. course, would
have it. to go over again.. A. short
time after he would appear and make
his-presence known, and would give
as an excuse . that it was only a little
fun—'just devilling the clerk." :On
one occasion, when this ;thing hacl . op
cfirred once too often, he Was.called up
for punishment, when he plead very
earnestly, with abroad, "good natured
grin, that he was "only joking,'; and
was-rolled up in his blanket when his
name was. called.” He was excused
this time with a warning. He took
good' care to keep better hours in
quarters, 'while the work continued
below to its completion. • ••
'lmmediately after the escape, was
discovered and the first lo.go in pur
suit, Mr. John, Ligon, Assistant Clerk,
with Orderly, Hatcher, Warden R. B.
Turner, and two policemen Went 'off
in the direction of the Peninstla,l and
tip to yesterday evening had signalised
their promptness,and energy by ..the
recapture of eight of the 'fugitives,
whom they picked up on the roadS.
Pourteclin Others- werebrought. in dir
ring Wednesday night and yesterday,
by Tickets on the Chickahominy.
veral were captured at Bottpms.Oridge
some . in HanoVer;bnt the larger nunf
ber only a•few milesiroin'the tity..ln
telligence was obtained that a number
of them weretrying -to get through in
the direction .of • ,
.400.
other batch, recapture Mn tr7rec'-
.
tion, is looked for td • Wli'giie
MOW the list of those 'wh'o bhd •up'rto
six o'clock last evening been returned
to their old quarters at Libby.
The energy and solicitude. of. Major
Turner aro subjects of deserved Com
mendation.. '
Ono of the captures of Wednesday
was made by "an American citizen of
African descent." The 'dusky_ captor
was engaged in a matutinal "dig" in
his potato patch, when . ho 'observed
the fugitive officer streaking it -across
the field. Seeing that he wore..sus
*pleiously blue garments, the' darkey
bailed him and asked • him . whoni; he
was "gwine." Something'te the effect.
of "nowhere" being the'reply, tho.dar
key, with courage and patriotism wor
thy, of immortality, brought his hoe
to a "charge," and responded, : . "Yes
you is, dough—you 'done broke out of
one o' dem prisons—come along=you
got to go wid me." He marched him
to the house, handed him ,over to .his
master, and returned to his potato
patch, covered with glory. The Yan
kee arrived, undersdne guard, yester
day morning. -
Captured ,on. Ifednesday.—G: Starr,
captain, 104th,.New. ; ..York;:W . 13.110K0
first lieutenant, 11th icoutucky
ry ; Ii Scroeter; first lieutenant, rid,
Illinois Infantry; I Gates, Ciptatti - ; - gra ,
"Ohio;' G-H Morgan, first lieutenant,'
:21st. _Wisconsin ;. F :11orati,. first. lieu
,tquan t, rod Newyork; -L Watson,
first .lieutonant,o4Wis E
ShrOe'der's, drstnieutBnaik l i4iii Penn
'Sylvania. - ‘• •
Captured, on ',Yesterday.-Colonel S
P Spofford, 07th .Iq,ew Xcf.ric ; A B
White, first lioutermot,4th. V,Ftmsylva
nia, ea:valry; W A . Didy,ifiree ireute'n
ant, Bth - l'ennsylilania TrISE
'Hinds; firstlienteriant;67th"-Pennql-
VaniaTF - Ircb, - :caPtain,:4stbi . N , York;
Isaac Johnson, engineer gunboat Satel
lite; Brown; second _fieutenant,
'lsth - IPS iegtila'rs ; G S Gbod;ieemiil
lieutenant, company r, 84th' - Pennsyl , '
vania •'
Moore, Ist lieutenant ; eotn,
E, 4th Kentueltit; G P Gamibld, 2nd s .
lieutenant, corn- D, '63d Pennsylva
nia ~.A.djittant 6tk MarY
land ; C • a 'Edincitld i - first- lieutenant,
company D, 67th Pennsylvania;
Wasson, 2d lieutenant ; ddmp any .11,
40th Ohio'; P A.Vhite, 2d lieutenant,
company D, 88d Pennsylvania; Lient
Col Ely,-18th Connecticut Capt E
Smith, 10th U S C'avalty; Lieut W .11
Wilcox, 'loth New York caValry ; Lt.
Main Hauf, 45th New York - ;' Daniel
Flausberr,y, 14th Michigan cavalry
T. j Roy, 49th Ohio ;..1 H Gadsby, 19th
U.S Infantry ;M Bassett, 63d Bits.
nois ; Bedell, 123 d New Yorli;Cap;
N Moore, 29th Indiana; Lient'
Simpson; 10th Indiana;.:Captain D
Phelps, 73rd Indiana, Captain W C
Rossman 4d 'Ohio ; Colonel Thos
Rose, 7.7 th Penniylyania; H P Craw
ford,-2d Illinois cavalry; S D Suthei ,
land, 125th Ohio; Lie.ut J 31 Fades,
First Rhode Islandsavalry; Lieut
Cottingham, 35th Ohio. • '' -
[From ttio Richmond Einmlner, February 16.]
No more recaptured - Yankee officers
.were gathered in at the Libby yester
day. The number'sticks at. forty-eight,
Possibly two or three more may be
picked up, skipping:about over, the
country; but the number 'recaptured
already,.and yet to be taken, will not
exceed the ono half of the one hundred
and nine who got off. Half a loaf is
better th'an no loaf. As for Streight,
the Confederacy got more than tea
times his value when it received Mor
gan hack, and can afford to let him
run. Bon voyagO, whiskey Streight!
A PROCLAMATION.
WItEIiEA s, For some time past 'it
has been known that persons, profes
sing -to be agents of other States, have
been busily tamperingwith our citi
zens at home and in the army, endea
voring, by false representations, to in
duce individuals to enter or re:onto'
the service as from-those States, and
remonstrances have been in vain made
against the continuance of this paltry
system of seduction;
And whereas, Information has now
been received that one of the regiments
of Pennsylvania has enlisted almost
bodily as from,another State- and it
appears to be necessary to take some
public means to put our citizens on
their guard against the arts by which
results so disastrous to the men and
their families may be effected in oth
ors of her regiments which Pennsyl
vania has delighted to honor
Now, therefore, I, Andrew G. Cur
tin, Govornor of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania;" do issue this, my
proclamation, addressed to all citizens
of the commonwealth, but especially
and emphatically to her veterans in
the army, cautioning them against al
lowing themselves to be seduced from
her service: Py enlisting in • regi
ments of other' States' they deprive
their families at hero of that gener
ous and liberal aid which our law has
provided-for them as a right, and • not
as a charity; they will not enjoy: the
right of suffrage which - an approach
ing amendment of' 'the Constitution
will give to our absent volunteers;
they cut thernselveS. incise - froth the
ties which bind them to =their homes,
and which bind Pennsylvania to give
them constant care and assistance in
the field, an obligation which our
State hits never neglecteci. If worm:
dod or sick, they will no longer be fos
tered by our agents, and received with
applause and consideration, as men
who have done-honor to Pennsylva
nia; they bring the history of their
regiments to an- abrupt close; their
names will no longer ,be entered:. on
our rolls; all the glorious recollections
of their valor and sufferings will be
sickened by the fact that they have a
bandoned their native State;,deserted
the great Commbnive l alth undeat'Whose
banner they have earned for 'thgm
selves and for,hor the'highest repnta
tion.for courage' and all. the' martial
vii toes, and that they have done this
under inducements.which are in - filet
unfounded, and at the very time when
their friends and neighbors at' holm;
were. preparing forthem bounties pro.:
bably larger than those offered by
other States; and Certainly flinch lar
ger, if the support afforded to their
families bo taken into account. •
Itherefore appeal to . ouenoble vol
unteers not to abandon the Common
wealth. She has. been proud of'the
glory which' their course hitherto has
shed abundantly on-her:- As a moth
-I,3y,shellas a right to the honors:'to,be
won ,in future by her- children. Stand
ber,, and she stand by yon; and
you will havo;f,hviiileit — reward'‘iii
trie t zratefill:affeelibris .47 d_syropit,thi es
oft your \farnii*,-,eiOur...fri,enc4,l',YOiir
noigTborsAn dtypar*To:keittters.;
84,if'.% - oal.tetkvejutefa:4lksTMCO.,
ofothik-ptatos,'ytin `thrOtV l -=away/3;411
theseAktheir peo~ile well regard yap
MerbenarleN„air4whenittey
have fulfilled theighkgfirns; will !eerie
you and' your families td - shiftforyetir
selves., Recollent:•,,your_ homes and
your tarailieti ana yourArfervia and the
banners'- vihich: the `Coininonviealth
first bestowed upon you, -which. you
'have carriedsci . gloriouslysUpop' many
a.- bloody' field ; and 4defaeed-by
shot and shell - ,-bat' still bearing the
•rfaisics of theliattles:..ln 'which' you
have-been distinguished,..she_has- pro
tvided for receiving +at the-closeof the
'war, and preserving as lioly
your patriotism anll'AiSvotiotf.. to the
calls° of our coMmon coantry.. These
things are. Worth more to. you -_and
your childronAban• Money. Do mot.
grieve and disappoint your friends by
abandoning,,theru•all.. .
I take this occasion to enjoin- upon
all Magistrates, ".District_:Attorneys
and other officers, a strict Vigilanee in
onforaingthe:lAWB Jthis. , 2,Cgtpipm.
wealth against all'persona: who shall
within thisfStator - altencipt - . tO5 recruit
rplute,ervcforithStateo. -"'
tindßr"; 7 :my' hand ;and
So4of the "StAtp
: t nisbar the twenty fourth dap- -ol'
-ono •thorisanit-oolgtit,'_hupdted= and
„sixty four, and ci,f . "
" :".7
'7`e'i AA:'OI7ItTIN.
.
SLlFEttiSeby Of CoM Monwealtb.
, FOR P4.ixt...`,1"..h ore_ ha s . heo
quite - an active;tilido going _on:-•irf the
po,rthcypx,s4 of,..Chester'eotintY,
poplar iv
ed. fol. ma-
Ic ni,Springyitle,
phester'colinty;'are "very extensiV(?,
and,au.o :worked - "eapi
taliste:''
The Trice of-wood delivered
litre-ofehcsfer Vniley Railroad is
s4ass per cord,